Sr. Delivery Manager - Project Management

Key Responsibilities

Delivery Leadership

• Lead end-to-end SAP S/4HANA implementation, rollout, and transformation programs.
• Own program scope, schedule, budget, quality, and overall delivery success.
• Drive project execution across all phases including Discovery, Design, Build, Testing, Cutover, Go-Live, and Hypercare.
• Establish and maintain effective governance, reporting, and escalation mechanisms.
• Ensure adherence to SAP Activate methodology and project management best practices.

Stakeholder & Governance Management

• Partner with business leaders, process owners, and executive sponsors to align project outcomes with strategic business objectives.
• Conduct Steering Committee and leadership reviews, providing clear program status, risks, and mitigation plans.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and resolve cross-functional issues and escalations.

SAP Rollout & Transformation Management

• Lead global template rollouts across countries, plants, and business entities.
• Manage localization requirements, regulatory compliance, and country-specific business processes.
• Oversee data migration, integration readiness, testing, cutover planning, and deployment activities.
• Ensure operational readiness and seamless business transition during go-live.

Financial & Resource Management

• Manage project budgets, forecasts, margins, and resource utilization.
• Drive delivery excellence while ensuring commercial commitments are achieved.
• Coordinate internal teams, implementation partners, and third-party vendors.
• Ensure optimal staffing and capacity planning across project workstreams.

Team Leadership

• Lead geographically distributed teams comprising Functional Consultants, Technical Teams, Integration Leads, Data Migration Experts, Testing Teams, and Change Management resources.
• Coach and mentor project managers and delivery leads.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Risk & Quality Management

• Proactively identify and manage program risks, dependencies, and issues.
• Ensure delivery quality through governance reviews, quality gates, and compliance checks.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across delivery processes.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Technology, Business, or a related discipline.
• 15+ years of overall IT/ERP experience with 8+ years managing large SAP delivery programs.
• Proven experience leading SAP S/4HANA implementations, migrations, and global rollout programs.
• Strong understanding of SAP Activate methodology and ERP transformation lifecycles.
• Experience managing multi-million-dollar programs and distributed global teams.
• Excellent executive communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.